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Toward successful development policies : insights from research in development economics
Artuc, Erhan; Cull, Robert J.; Dasgupta, Susmita; Jaef, … - 2020
What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World … Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228661
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Natural resources and reforms
Amin, Mohammed; Djankov, Simeon - 2009
economic reforms. The authors test this hypothesis using data on micro-economic reforms from the World Bank's Doing Business … probability of reform in the sample is 57.1 percent. "--World Bank web site …
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Democracy and reforms
Amin, Mohammed; Djankov, Simeon - 2009
but bring future prosperity. This paper tests these hypotheses, using data on micro-economic reforms from the World Bank …. "--World Bank web site …
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Migration from Zambia : ensuring temporariness through cooperation
Amin, Mohammed; Mattoo, Aaditya - 2007
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Women managers and the gender-based gap in access to education : evidence from firm-level data in developing countries
Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif Mohammed - 2015
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Are there more female managers in the retail sector? : evidence from survey data in developing countries
Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif - 2014
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Does paternity leave matter for female employment in developing economies? : evidence from firm data
Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif; Sakhonchik, Alena - 2016
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Use of imported inputs and the cost of importing : evidence from developing countries
Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif - 2014
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Does greater regulatory burden lead to more corruption? : evidence using firm-level survey data for developing countries
Amin, Mohammed; Yew Chong Soh - 2020
Regulation often creates opportunities for public officials to extract bribes. If this is true, deregulation offers a simple way to combat corruption. However, empirical evidence on the corruption and regulation nexus is limited. Further, the corruption indices used are based on experts'...
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Paid maternity leave and female employment : evidence using firm-level survey data for developing countries
Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif - 2019
The relationship between the length of paid maternity leave and the proportion of female workers in the private sector is explored using firm-level survey data for 66 mostly developing countries. The paper finds a large, positive, and statistically significant relationship between the two....
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